Principal Engineer

Thetrupgrade; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday + bank holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Above market pension

Life assurance & health screening

Marriage and wedding bonuses

Canteen facilities

Professional development

Discounts & gym memberships

Job summary

Murphy is seeking a Principal Design Engineer to lead the Applied Engineering Team from our London office, delivering infrastructure projects across the UK. You will collaborate with project and site teams to develop practical, robust permanent and temporary works solutions.

You will mentor staff, manage design work and contribute to growth of the department, while maintaining a strong emphasis on project economics and client delivery. This is a high-responsibility leadership role within Murphy.

Qualifications

• HND/Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Experience designing and managing projects from design through cost perspectives.
• Chartered with ICE and/ or IStructE preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as single point of contact for multiple projects with project deliverables and costs.
• Report to the Senior Engineering Manager.
• Carry out civil/structural designs and act as checker on other designs.

Skills

Project management

Design

Financial management

Mentoring

Team leadership

Civil/structural analysis

Education

HND/Bachelor/Master’s in Civil Engineering

Job description

Murphy is recruiting for aPrincipal Engineerto work with ourApplied Engineering Teambased out of ourLondon office.

Join Murphy as a Principal Design Engineer taking a leading role in delivering critical infrastructure across the UK.

From shafts and buried chambers to foundations, tanks, drainage, and roads, you’ll design the civil and structural elements of a variety of infrastructure projects across water, energy, powert and transport. Based from one of our offices in Warrington, Cannock, or Kentish Town, you’ll collaborate closely with project and site teams to develop practical solutions that make a real impact - above and below ground.

Under the banner of Applied Engineering, our in-house teams include civil, structural, mechanical, geotechnical and process engineers. They design both permanent and temporary works for projects in all our locations and are a trusted source of expert advice for both Murphy colleagues and external customers.

A day in the life a Principal Design Engineer:

• Be Applied Engineering's single point of contact to multiple projects with management responsibility for project deliverables and costs.
• Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager.
• Representing the Applied Engineering team in collaborative project team meetings.Carrying out civil/ structural designs and acting as checker on other designs.
• Undertaking site visits when appropriate.
• Collating feedback on solutions and contributing to lessons learned meetings.
• Preparing appropriate fully integrated permanent works proposals/solutions to meet the company’s bid and project delivery stage requirements.
• Managing the design work of other staff members and external designers.
• Mentoring of all levels of staff including graduates within Applied Engineering.
• Work collaboratively with other Principal Engineers in the development and growth of the department.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• HND/Bachelor/ Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering
• A designer with the ability to manage projects from the design and cost perspectives.
• Experience of effective financial management and control of projects.
• Strong analysis and design skills with the ability to interpret design requirements and analyse complex structures.
• A person with an open-minded approach to solving civil and structural engineering challenges to find the best solution from all perspectives of a project.
• Preferably Chartered with ICE and/ or IStructE.

What's in it for you?

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service
• Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
• Above market rate contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
• Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
• Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc

About Murphy

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Platinum Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. With a forward order book of £5.4bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is#MoretoMurphy

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